Journal Guide

Current Smart Materials , a peer reviewed journal publishes full length/mini-reviews, original research articles and thematic issues on experimental and applied research on smart materials. The scope covers contemporary and future smart materials e.g. alloys, polymers, self-healing, shape memory alloys, dielectric elastomers, thermoelectric, magnetocaloric & magnetostrictive, photomechanical, halochromic, chromogenic, piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials. Coverage also includes applications to sensors and actuators and other smart material systems applied to a range of disciplines

An official journal of the International Sociological Association, Current Sociology is one of the oldest sociology journals in the world. It is a fully peer-reviewed, international journal that publishes original research and innovative critical commentary both on current debates within sociology as a developing discipline, and the contribution that sociologists can make to modern societies in a globalizing world.

Current Sports Medicine Reports, an official review journal of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), helps keep physicians up to date with the expanding volume of information published in sports medicine. This bimonthly publication divides the field of sports medicine into 12 major categories. Each issue covers two areas in depth, providing a thorough review of the most current sports medicine literature published. For more information, visit www.acsm-csmr.org. ACSM physician members receive an e-subscription to Current Sports Medicine Reports as one of their core member benefit publications and can purchase a print copy subscription for only 36;15. For membership information, please visit www.acsm.org.

Current Stem Cell Research & Therapy publishes high quality frontier reviews, drug clinical trial studies and guest edited issues on all aspects of basic research on stem cells and their uses in clinical therapy. The journal is essential reading for all researchers and clinicians involved in stem cells research

Current Therapeutic Research serves an international audience of scientists and clinicians in a variety of research, academic and clinical practice settings by quickly disseminating research findings. The journal provides a home for the rapid publication ofOriginal reports of recent development in drug therapy, including papers presenting unexpected, controversial, provocative and/or negative resultsResearch letters, presenting research that may stimulate further investigation or alert readers to clinically relevant but preliminary findingsIn-depth review articles on specific drug therapies or disease statesApplied health economics papers, aimed at a clinical audienceTrials From Resource-Limited Settings intended to highlight original medical and pharmaceutical reports from resource-limited settings.CTR is a peer-reviewed, author pays, online journal and the final published article will be universally accessible on all of Elsevier's platforms. In addition, the articles are indexed by all major biomedical abstracting databases.Published articles range from studies exploring new drugs and new indications for existing drugs to large, multicenter Phase III and IV trials. The journal also encourages submission of brief reports and commentaries on topics that are timely or provocative. For further information click on the links belowOriginal ResearchReview Articles and Meta-analysesCommentariesBrief ReportsResearch LettersLetters to the Editor

Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry is a forum for the review of areas of keen and topical interest to medicinal chemists and others in the allied disciplines. Each issue is solely devoted to a specific topic, containing six to nine reviews, which provide the reader a comprehensive survey of that area. A Guest Editor who is an expert in the topic under review, will assemble each issue. The scope of Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry will cover all areas of medicinal chemistry, including current developments in rational drug design, synthetic chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, high-throughput screening, combinatorial chemistry, compound diversity measurements, drug absorption, drug distribution, metabolism, new and emerging drug targets, natural products, pharmacogenomics, and structure-activity relationships. Medicinal chemistry is a rapidly maturing discipline. The study of how structure and function are related is absolutely essential to understanding the molecular basis of life. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry aims to contribute to the growth of scientific knowledge and insight, and facilitate the discovery and development of new therapeutic agents to treat debilitating human disorders. The journal is essential for every medicinal chemist who wishes to be kept informed and up-to-date with the latest and most important advances.

Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research (ISSN 1540-7535) is an international, interdisciplinary broad based peer reviewed scientific journal for critical evaluation of research on nutraceuticals. The major goal of this journal is to provide peer reviewed unbiased scientific data to students, researchers, healthcare providers, and the decision makers in the nutraceutical industry to help make informed choices about nutraceuticals. To this end, the journal will publish two types of review articles. First, a review of preclinical research data coming largely from animal, cell culture and other experimental models. Such data will provide basis for future product development and/or human research initiatives. Second, a critical evaluation of current human experimental data to help market and deliver the products for only medically proven use.

Current Traditional Medicine covers all the aspects of the modernization and standardization research on traditional medicine of the world, e.g. chemistry, pharmacology, molecular mechanism, systems biology, proteomics, genomics, metabolomics, safety, quality control, clinical studies of traditional Chinese, Ayurvedic, Unani, Arabic and other ethnomedicine. Each issue contains updated comprehensive in-depth reviews along with high quality original experimental research articles. Current Traditional Medicine is a leading and important international peer-reviewed journal reflecting the current outstanding scientific research progresses of the global traditional, indigenous, folk and ethnologic medicine. It provides a bridge connected the tradition medicine system to the modern life science with the efforts of top scientists, as well as a resource to pursuit the solutions for the existing common issues in the traditional medicine.